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1993 Season Chat

Cost of Living 1993
How Much things cost in 1993
Yearly Inflation Rate USA2.96%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 3654
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 6.00%
Average Cost of new house $113,200.00
Average Income per year $31,230.00
Average Monthly Rent $532.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.16
Movie Ticket $4.14
Average cost of new car $12,750.00

What Events Happened in 1993
Bill Clinton President of the United States
Brady bill requiring background checks of prospective buyers is signed into law
Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade Center
Federal Agents raid religious cult Waco, Texas on 28th February
Severe Blizzard strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec
fighting occurs between Muslims and Croats in Bosnia
The IRA explodes a massive bomb in a parked Van in Bishopsgate in the heart of the City of London
An anti-abortion activist murders a doctor outside an abortion clinic
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton
The tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed by a spectator during a quarter final tennis match in Hamburg by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf

Technology

The Pentium microprocessor introduced by Intel.
Windows NT 3.1 released by Microsoft
The World Wide Web was born at CERN
Dyson sells the first bagless cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner
World Health Organization W.H.O. estimates 14 million people worldwide infected with the AIDS Virus
The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded by Ian Murdock.
Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
The first cloning of a Human Embryo by 2 American Scientists.
US Drops SDI initiative
US and Russia sign the Start II treaty calling for bilateral reduction of strategic nuclear weapons

Popular Culture 1993

Police begin investigations of child abuse by Michael Jackson

Popular Films

Jurassic Park
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Fugitive
The Firm
Sleepless in Seattle
Indecent Proposal
In the Line of Fire
The Pelican Brief
Schindler's List
Cliffhanger
Philadelpha
Robin Hood: Men in Tights